SSC
CHEMISTRY
Question
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Pure Substance
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Mixture
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A mixture is a material system made up of two or more different substances, which are mixed but not combined chemically. A mixture refers to the physical combination of two or more substances in which the identities of the individual substances are retained.
Detailed explanation-2: -Elements: A pure substance containing only one kind of atom. An element cannot be separated into simpler materials (except during nuclear. reactions). Over 100 existing elements are listed and classified on the Periodic Table.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compound : A substance made of two or more elements that are chemically combined in fixed amounts.
Detailed explanation-4: -If we take two or more pure substances and mix them together, we refer to this as a mixture. Mixtures can always be separated again into component pure substances, because bonding among the atoms of the constituent substances does not occur in a mixture.